Change is....... good! :)

“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts." Isaiah 55: 8-9

My brother and I Singing at Flamingo Road Church

This verse is one that I've always carried with me. One that reminds me that I don't always have to understand why I have to do certain things. Instead it reminds me that I just need to trust God and be obedient because his plans are wayyyyy higher than my plans, and I'm much better off trusting what God has for me, even when i don't understand.

About three years ago, my family moved to West Palm. Previous to that we lived in Pembroke Pines and were super involved at our old church Flamingo Road Church. We went there for about 7 and a half years, and it became another home and another family to us! We were always at church, and I was able to spend a lot of my time growing up serving in ministry and learning how to use my gifts for Christ. I sang in the praise team, worked with students, and participated wherever I could. I learned a lot, made great memories, met amazing people, formed great relationships and was able to see God work in amazing ways! When I graduated HS my family and I moved to Wellington. Although we now lived one hour away, we did not want to leave FRC because that is where we felt called to be, and that is where our heart was. However, after about 2 years of driving down for church, events etc. we realized that the distance was taking a toll on how much we could be involved and that is something that really bothered me and my family. I wanted to serve, I wanted to be there all the time, but living an hour away, working, and going to school made it hard. We prayed about it a lot as a family and realized that God was nudging us...that it was time to look for a local church.

This was really hard to do. I remember talking to Holly(ministry assistant at FRC and a great leader to me) on the way back from camp last year, and I remember tears welling up in my eyes. I prayed a lot. I wanted to be at FRC, my heart was there. But another side of my heart knew that i needed to listen to God, that I needed to step out of my comfort zone, and that I just had to trust. We went to visit Christ Fellowship. A great church that reminded us a lot of FRC. We liked it a lot, prayed and decided to make that our new home church. It was a weird feeling walking in, starting all over again, but even though it was hard, I knew that God was in control and it was gonna be good!

We have been at Christ Fellowship for about 10 months now. We have become members and I've already been able to see God at work. My family and I are getting plugged in again and its really exciting. I am now currently part of the Praise team there and last weekend was my first weekend singing. It was great being back on stage, singing and worshipping God. It was a new stage and new team, but it was awesome, and 3 of the songs were songs I used to do at FRC. Then this past week I spend the whole week at camp with CF's student ministry. We took 415 students and It was amazing!!! The coolest part is that the church is two lights away from my house.

That verse keeps coming back!! God's thoughts are higher than my thoughts and his ways are higher than my ways!! I love FRC. It's still my family and it holds a big piece of my heart. But now I have added another church to the equation. CF is great and I'm excited to see what else God has in store for us there! This summer I got to go to camp as a counselor with both churches! It's cool to see prayers being answered and God working in mysterious ways. I LOVE GOD and I'm happy that his plans are higher and better and wayyyy cooler than my plans!! :)

Celebration Recap!!!

So my birthday is over! Sad....I dragged it out quite a bit and it was a lot of fun....currently im kinda working on a combined party with my neighbor to celebrate our birthdays...so who knows..maybe its not over LOL.. I did however, have an amazing birthday week!!! I got to celebrate with family and friends, and have a lot of fun!!! Here's the scoop on how it all happened:

Tuesday June 24th: The big day! - After eating pastels and coxinhas with guarana at the brazilian bakery, I got a new acoustic guitar for my bday present! I was stoked! I spent the day with the family and at night got to eat at an awesome Habaci style Japanese restaurant!!! My dad went to Brazil the next day so it was nice to spent time as a family (fe couldnt make it).. Check it out ..(the cook was amazingly hilarious :) haha

Wednesday: I just had a couple friends over for some pizza and movie!! FUN! :)

Thursday: Me, my brother, and some friends went down to Ft LAuderdale, and went out in the Las Olas, Riverfront area!! Its really nice to go and hang out there to celebrate!

Friday : spent some time at the pool, and came home to hang with mom for some mother daughter movie night! Love hanging with mom and watching movies!

Saturday: Went down to south beach with my brother and some friends for some dancing at a place called Dolce! I love to dance. We had so much fun and the place was so classy and pretty!!

Sunday: We had a bbq at the house to celebrate my birthday with the neighborhood friends!!! a lot of food!! it was a nice end to a fun week!

PLUS!! it didnt stop there: haha the following saturday, I went spanish dancing with some friends from school at a place called Ibiza! The photographer took this cool pic of some of us!

It was an amazing birthday!! I had a lot of fun, a lot of laughs, and got to spend time with the fam and friends!! my camera isnt working so these are some of the pics I was able to recuperate! wish I had more to share!!!! LOOOOVE my birthday! cant wait till the next one!! :)

CAMP <3

Camp! Where can I start.. I love camp. Never growing up did I ever imagine that I would look forward to going to camp so much. First, going as a student, then moving into a leadership position, camp automatically became a little part of my life. Its that time to get away from all the distractions of this world, surround yourself with an overall good environment, have a lot of silly fun, and focus on God and what he was trying to teach you that week away. There's nothing like camp. For those of you that have been, you know what that camp high feels like. Its pretty amazing! This year, I got to go and be a counselor for middle school camp wiht Flamingo Road Church and am leaving on the 21st to be a counselor for middle and high school camp with Christ Fellowship! This will be a whole new experience since I'm new at this church, and am recently starting to get my feet wet again! If you guys can keep me in your prayers that would be awesome!!!

Camp brings back wayyy too many memories. Some are as follows:

• Golf carts- HAHA.... those of you who know why this is funny.. i hope it brought a smile to your face



• Our girl's late night talks with holly, with lots of food and good stuff to eat... A LOT OF FOOD


• Our Group party girl dance on Carson day (hahaah oh carson)


• How far is too far (you had to be there to know what that means) LOL


• The snack shack (patti and I tried to bring it back this year)

• Sneaking out, kumbaya routine, late night pool and hot tubbing, Reciting Genesis 1 live, bird seed, and the famous line "cookies and milk won't save you now" ( again you prob had to be there to know what these all mean lol)


• The little camp romances that happen ever year


• The friendships created, the jokes, and being silly all day


• The fun, crazy, sometimes hard, but awesome and challenging games


• Playing in the rain, mud, slime, or in watever is placed in a game before you


• The amazing camp worship with awesome music and amazing prescense of the Holy spirit


• The really good teachings, that get right to the point, and relate to what the students are going thorough in their stage of life


• And the coolest of all: The lives changed, and the decisions made for Christ. Seeing Christ work in each of our lives, and in each of the student's lives that go each time.

I have only good memories from camp. A whole album full of pictures to remember them by! Going to camp a couple weeks ago, back at Pine Lake retreat where I had my first summer camp experience was awesome to me. Just to look around and remember a special moment that happened at each corner of that place. I hope everyone gets to experience something like that. What about you? any cool camp stories you would like to share!! leave a comment and let me know a cool memory you have!!